SVS Venketesha

1. GAP Intensive
Discovery Information Set
Changemaker: Venkatesha Murthy D
Organization: Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama
http://www.vivekeyecare.org/
http://www.srivivekanandasevashrama.org

2. About the CM/Organization
 Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama, aims to provide free medical &
surgical treatment, specifically cataract surgery to the rural poor at
their door step
 A registered charitable trust with 80 G income tax exemption
 We have permission to collect foreign donations under FERA
 In pursuit of this mission Sevashrama has chosen areas of North
Karnataka where incidence of cataract going untreated is found to
be high
 Sevashrama has gone a step further by setting up a hospital unit
of its own at Hanamasagara, Koppal district
 Out of 41,500 surgeries done until to date, more than 26,000 could
be accounted for North Karnataka region alone

3. Discovery Information Report
-Key Insights of A team members
Insights
From the interaction with Venkatesh Murthy we realized that for any social work to sustain, a
single (or group) person’s vision can be kicked off well. But to get the scale and sustainability,
getting the young people to invest their capabilities and instilling a passion in them is really
important.
The way he is running the entire show with a defined process, that is acquired over 40 years
through practical experience is worth a management case study for “ Six sigma” – as rightly
pointed out by A team members

4. Discovery Information Report
-Key Insights of A team members
Eye Opener
We met a eighty year old young man who is an allrounder ,volunteering with energy &
enthusiasm by extending his ever helping hand to rural sector of our society through his motto
of’ sight to the sightless . It was truly inspiring. The only thing if he cannot do is conducting an
eye surgery , as he is professionally not qualified
Spot the potential
• Building relationships with Corporates in Bangalore and coming up with a volunteer
program. The exact details can be worked in such a manner that these employees get a
volunteership status with Vivekananda Sevasrama while they have a fixed schedule of
camps to volunteer for over the year (quarterly maybe)
• Some non-monetary incentives such as recognition of these activities by displaying
pictures/videos of the camp in the company premises & website will motivate others to join
and build up a community that would be a constant source of resources

5. Vision and Focus
 Vision - We are working towards reducing cataract
blindness of rural people
 The focus of the organization is to provide free medical
& surgical treatment, specifically cataract surgery to
the rural poor at their door step
 Beneficiaries are rural poor in North Karnataka Tp
provide Free medical & surgical treatment, specifically
cataract surgery to the rural poor at their door step in
North Karnataka
 Sevashrama has conducted 41,500 surgeries so far
 6000 surgeries planned in 2017-18

6.  We propose to conduct 6000 free IOL surgeries during
17-18 and a detailed Tentative programme has been
prepared with the consent of local sponsors.
 There will be two camps every month and we plan to
conduct 500 surgeries per month
Goals

7.  Trust registered in 1979- Sri Vivekananda Sevashram
trust. 15 trustees out of which 7 working trustees.
Venkatesh Murthy D. – Managing Trustee
 Daily review- before and after camps
 The structure of the organisation and the roles of each
individual and outcomes – ideally, an Organization
Chart (hard copy available)
 The leadership style-Daily operations run by
Venkatesh Murthy D. and 6 other Trustees. Informal
for day-to-day activities
Leadership and Organisation
Structure
Managing Trustee
Great Karma Yogi & a
Noble man

8. Board & Governance
 Trustee and volunteer driven
 Taken by Managing Trustee. Major decisions by the board
and maintained in the books as minutes
 The level of formality of the Board and its importance in the
organization- day-to-day- informal. Major decisions – formal
and recorded in books.
 Annual meeting- Oct2- SVS started , Jan 26th – Saraswati
hospital run by SVS
 The details of an annual report that reflects where the
organisation is and planning to go in the future- will send by
email

9. Audit & Compliance
Gautama and company- Auditors- Jayanagar- 9th block-
will submit IT - TDS for Doctors’ payments
 The accreditation and independent entity that does the
Audit- Gauthama and Company
 Income tax return been filed till 2016-17
 Yes- Trust deed
 They have10A, FCRA registration, and these are
currently valid

10. Financial Management
 Yes- work is fixed, so not much variation in budget
 One person is there for fundraising
 Helpage India is a big donor- 800-1000 surgeries-
1200/person (20 lacs), BHEL – 1 lac- 70 Surgeries
 The Audited financial statement, for the last
completed financial year, is available on record
 Bank Statements, supporting documents for
relevant financial transactions to be made
available on request

11. Program Operations
Sight to the Sightless project
 We dismantle Ophthalmic microscopes and
pack them into boxes to be carried to the
camps
 We reassemble it at the camp OT
 After use we dismantle them again to be
carried to the base hospital
 Setup will be similar to good OT anywhere
else
 The OT is fully air conditioned & Sterile
 IOL is used for all cases except contra
indicated
 Patients are discharged within 24 hours of
admission
Modern Operating microscope
& the present setup

12. Program Operations
 Sight to the Sightless project – Our focus area for conducting mega free IOL Cataract
surgery eye camps for the deserving poor is Hyderabad Karnataka, India.
- Each surgery costing INR 2500, we seek sponsors/donors for the project.
- We are on AMMODO a Swiss donor platform for receiving donations which is not
adequate
 Vision care for children including surgery when required - At present, Mysuru, Mandya,
Chamarajanagar districts of Karnataka, India are areas where school children vision
testing conducted.
-Spectacles are given free for children needing glasses.
-Pediatric surgery costs INR 10000 per surgery and each spectacles costs INR 300. We
seek donors for these projects
 Slow learners’ project - Helping students slow in learning in four government primary
schools in Madya district of Karnataka, India. Intend to increase it to ten schools when
funds are available. Rs. 1,00,000 per annum per school is the expenditure on this
scheme.
 Livelihood project - We conduct tailoring and computer classes.
 Supporting Special children schools - We support two schools for mentally and
physically challenged children near Mysuru
 Supporting old age homes around Mysuru
 Collection and distribution of materials like Sewing machines, Computers, old clothes,
vessels and distribute among the needy in rural areas

13. Planning
 No. of surgeries per year is the parameter
 One year strategic program plans are 6000 surgeries for 2017-18
 Collaborating with local sponsors for Cataract surgery –Eye camps in
rural areas
How we plan to achieve our goals..
 Ours is a mobile hospital and we make use of government hospital
infrastructure with the permission of the health and family welfare
department
 Collaborate with local sponsors at each camp place who take care of
publicity and patient food needs
 Surgeries are conducted on alternate Friday’s & Saturday’s
 IOL is implanted in all cases except for technical reasons
 There will be follow up with in fifteen days after the camp
 A record with photos of each patient is computerized

14. Fundraising
 One person involved in Fundraising
 Regular reports sent to donors
 Cultivation and development of donors – Based on Number of
surgeries completed
 We get funds from Govt
 Rs 600 per surgery based on uploading of documents to the govt
website
 Every year around Rs 18 Lakh from Govt
 Helpage India is a big donor- 800-1000 surgeries- Rs 1200/person
(20 lacs)
 BHEL – 1 lac- 70 Surgeries
 Cognizant –donated Rs 13 Lakhs for Microscope

15. Impact Assessment
 After cataract surgery the cataract blind people ..
 regain near normal vision.
 become an active participant in their household activities and in society
 They are productive again to pursue their profession and able to support
themselves and their families
 Our main activity is restoring vision and eye sight both for elders and young
children
 We have completed an aggregate of 41,171 free IOL cataract surgeries since
its inception
 During the past year 2016-17,4572 free IOL cataract surgeries were done
 Sevashrama takes no liberties or compromises in any of the medical steps to
ensure quality of surgery.
 We also attend to after care after surgery by supplying..
 eye drops for the whole period of treatment of six weeks
 free of cost spectacles when needed

16. Impact Assessment…
 Project Domain- Free medical & surgical treatment,
specifically cataract surgery to the rural poor at their
door step
 Target Beneficiaries – Rural Poor aged 60 + in North
Karnataka
 Beneficiaries impacted as on date- 41,500 successful
surgeries
 Direct and indirect impact on beneficiaries through
the project- reducing cataract blindness of rural people
& thereby enabling them to continue to earn a
living without being a burden to family members

17.  Impact on society through this project- Society is
empowered as many from the village return to work after the
surgery which improves the socio- economic condition
 Measurement of Impact- Based on successful surgeries post
which beneficiaries,
 regain near normal vision.
 become an active participant in their household activities and in
society
 They are productive again to pursue their profession and able to
support themselves and their families
 Data collection for impact measurement- entire process is
documented- pre surgery registration & post-surgery data
collected through cards & photos( recently they are
collecting aadhar details )
 Impact measurement tools used- NO.
Impact Assessment

18. Post Operative Patients
After Discharge with cooling
glasses

19. Operated Patients receiving
instructions After Discharge

20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXxgdEslUks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChKJ4UBOyas
• Kushtagi Mega Eye Camp
• Free cataract surgery camp
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